The Center for Online Learning, Teaching and Technology will be hosting Bill Joyce from Turning Technologies on April 24, 2012. Mr. Joyce will be providing Informational Demos and Training for the Turning Technologies Response cards (clickers). We are having two informational sessions for faculty wishing to get information about the Turning Technologies student response cards [...]
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Posted in News, Topics of Interest on Feb 11th, 2011
The University of Texas-Pan American in Edinburg has launched campus iPhone and Android smart phone apps after doing a survey among students that concluded that half of them own a smart phone. The process of designing and developing UTPA mobile and having the apps reviewed and approved by Apple and Google's online stores has taken about [...]
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Posted in News, Topics of Interest on Jan 31st, 2011
A slew of schools are testing out a blend of course management functionality and textbook content that could make for a simpler transition for institutions to the use of more digital curriculum. Blackboard and McGraw-Hill Higher Education have put together an integrated digital course system that combines a single point of access, learning tools, and [...]
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Blackboard is currently making progress in processing the SafeAssign submission backlog. According to Blackboard, all submissions will be processed no later than Monday, December 6th.
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Posted in News, Topics of Interest on Nov 19th, 2010
Enrollment in Online Courses Increases at the Highest Rate Ever November 16, 2010, 12:01 am By Travis Kaya Despite predictions that the growth of online education would begin to level off, colleges reported the highest-ever annual increase in online enrollment—more than 21 percent—last year, according to a report on an annual survey of 2,600 higher-education [...]
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Posted in News, Topics of Interest on Nov 18th, 2010
Click here to read the full article. Professors Publish Guide to Copyright Issues of Multimedia Projects November 17, 2010, 5:26 pm By Paige Chapman Students often create multimedia projects for classes that blend in clips from YouTube videos or hit songs, and many want to post their creations online for a wider audience. But [...]
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Just a friendly reminder. The Center for Online Learning, Teaching and Technology will be upgrading the universities Blackboard learning system on August 6th from 6:00PM to 11:59PM. This update provides faculty and students a better user experience while using Blackboard. This update will fix known compatibility issues with the latest versions of Firefox and Safari [...]
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The Center for Online Learning, Teaching and Technology will be upgrading the universities Blackboard learning system on August 6th from 6:00PM to 11:59PM. This update provides faculty and students a better user experience while using Blackboard. This update will fix known compatibility issues with the latest versions of Firefox and Safari browsers. This update will [...]
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As you may know, the university will be closed from Wednesday, June 30 through Friday July 2. As part of this closure, most of the information systems across campus will be unavailable during the time the storm hits the university and surrounding areas. Students will not have access to Blackboard during this time. Pending any [...]
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Blackboard servers will be down on June 13th from 12:00AM – 1:00AM due to scheduled maintenance. Other COLT services will be unaffected. Blackboard services should be resumed at 1:00AM Sunday 6/13/2010. If you have any questions please feel free to contact us.
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